tenderfooted

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But that may be my tenderfooted inexperience showing.

From New York Times • May 26, 2011

Washington isn't a place for the softheaded or tenderfooted.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had even time to think of young Donald turned tenderfooted into the mountains, to wonder whether he would be able to find his way back or get lost in the ranges.

From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)

But Shank's mare is tenderfooted, and there are twenty miles of stony hills and shaggy woods between here and the fort.

From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison

We came here, tenderfooted, and were most fortunate in finding a foreman like Kurt Walters.

From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Lyford, Philip